The Triumph of Death

Why it's great

An army of skeletons sweeps across a ruined land, killing kings and peasants alike. Pieter Bruegel the Elder painted it around 1562, and it echoes the horror of the Black Death and other plagues that swept over Europe.

🏛️ Part of history

The Black Death (1347–1351) — An army of skeletons sweeps across a ruined land, killing kings and peasants alike.

Where to see it

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Hang it on your wall

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About the artist

Pieter Brueghel the Elder

1525–1569 · born in Breda · died in Brussels

Pieter Bruegel the Elder was a Flemish painter born near Breda in about 1525. He lived in Antwerp and Brussels and became famous for crowded paintings of village life, proverbs and landscapes. He died in Brussels in 1569.